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I'd be a little kinder to the grandees of the Democratic Party. They're often wrong when they try to squash their left-liberal wing. But I think they're more likely to be mistaken, than actively trying to push the Democratic Party to the right. It's not so much as they're antipathetic to left-liberal policy goals. It's more that they view the left-liberals as mere hippies, obsessed with purity and devoid of any political sense. And they're not always wrong. The Gaza campus protestors would have been much better advised to wear yarmulkes than kheffiyas.

The Democratic grandees are too attuned to the New York Times, and don't understand what's happening with voters. There are left-liberal types who are excellent politicians (Bernie, AOC, Jayapal, etc.), and a lot of voters who are sick of mumbling Democrats. Bernie and AOC appeal much more to center-right voters than Uncle Chuckles. At least they seem to stand for something.

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